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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"
(a) Mozart's music.
(b) Czerny exercises for the piano.
(c) Bach exercises.
(d) Scales.

2. How, according to Eva, did girls act in Canada when talking about boys?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Bossy.
(c) Kittenish.
(d) Shy.

3. What story of success did Eva's father hear from a man who spoke Yiddish about a Polish Jew who came to Canada?
(a) He went to work in a restaurant and worked his way up from dishwasher.
(b) He produced Polish pickles and made a fortune.
(c) He built houses and made a great living.
(d) He sold all his possessions and bought a lumber yard.

4. Which toothpaste did the Wydra's decide to use after seeing commercials?
(a) Arm and Hammer.
(b) Colgate.
(c) Crest.
(d) Acme.

5. What two popular shows on T.V. did the men go to the den to watch during parties in Canada?
(a) Father Knows Best and the Ed Sullivan Show.
(b) The Lawrence Welk Show and the Ed Sullivan Show.
(c) I Love Lucy and Bonanza.
(d) Friends and I Love Lucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eva went out with her new friends in Canada, what was the boy wearing who teased Eva and called her a "foreign student?"

2. Where was the Steiner's house in Vancouver?

3. What novel did John Fowles write that influenced Eva?

4. What game did most teenage parties devolve into that made Eva feel that she was among a strange tribe of adolescents?

5. What did Eva believe was the most important thing about speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Eva and her family arrived in Canada, how did Eva view the two parts of her life?

2. Why did Eva choose English as the language she would write in when she received her new diary?

3. How did Mr. Ostropov play the role of the "mad Russian?"

4. How were Eva's views of communism different from her classmates?

5. What did Eva mean when she claimed to have "no interior language?"

6. When Eva dreamed of staying in Poland, how did she imagine her life would have been had she stayed? What was "normal" to Eva and why did she believe that life in Poland would have been "normal?"

7. When did Eva realize that discussing communism with her classmates was a waste of time?

8. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?

9. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?

10. How was Eva a "pretend teenager?"

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